It's Saturday night, and I finally managed to get out for another run. I was going to run on Friday night, but felt too tired. I was then supposed to go running this morning, but by the time I had reinstalled Oblivion (jsparrow's fault) and messed around for a bit, it was too late. But I did get out this evening, just before it got too dark to run around Church Street.

I headed off slowly, with the plan to run a longer distance, but very soon I was feeling very lethargic, and my calves and glutes felt very tired. So in the end I did what I call my "long route", but what seems to actually be rather short. According to my car, the route is just over 2 miles. It took me 32 minutes, which means I am still running about 15 minute miles. I really am hoping that this distance in wrong, and that I am running faster than that, but I fear that the car may not be lying.

So I really need to pick up the pace, run faster, and run 3 miles too. If i am going to manage to finish the Great Baddow 10 mile Charity run next year, I need to really start improving soon. It has been almost 2 months since my first run, and progress is very slow.

OK, Update. I have just checked the distance again, and this route is actually about 2.36 miles, so running it in 32 minutes (which is 3 minutes faster than I ran it on the 14th August).

I must continue to run this route, but aim to complete it in 20 minutes. How I am going to achieve this is beyond me right now, but it must be possible.